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SOLDIER FOUND DEAD IN A WELL TO BE HANDED TO FAMILY
The remains of Sheriffo Badgie, the military man officially registered in the army as Baboucarr Bah, will be handed over to the family on Wednesday, the army spokesperson Lamin Sanyang has told Kerr Fatou.
Bah, a former state guards…
TAMBADOU PROMISES JUSTICE FOR 2000 STUDENT MASSACRE
Gambia’s justice minister, Abubacarr Tambadou, has promised justice for the victims of a popular demonstration in 2000 that took away lives of 15 students and a Red Cross volunteer.
Victims of the crime for which no one was held…
EX VP SAIDY SHOULD BE ACCOUNTABLE FOR STUDENTS MASSACRE’
An outspoken Gambian human rights activist, Madi Jobarteh, has enjoined the government to ensure justice is delivered for students who were massacred by soldiers in April 2000 by prosecuting those involved in the act including former vice…
POLICE ON MANHUNT AS ARMED ROBBER DISSAPEARS INTO THE WIND
An unidentified gun man has disappeared into the wind after attacking Jah Oil patrol station in Brikama and made away with money, the police spokesperson David Kujabi has confirmed to Kerr Fatou.
The robber who took unspecified amount of…
WOMAN ‘HIT BY BULLET’ AT BRIKAMA TRAINING RANGE’ DIED
A native of Brikama has died at Edward Francis Small Teaching Hospital after she was reportedly hit by a stray bullet during military training at the firing range in Brikama Nyanbai forest.
Fatou Manneh, lady in her forties, succumbed to…
GAMBIA’S ‘IDLE YOUTHS’: THE FIGHT TO SAVE A GENERATION
One of the curses of the Yahya Jammeh’s administration is the mass exodus of young people from the country to Europe through the Mediterranean Sea.
Experts said this was largely due to the difficult economic situation the youth were faced…
CRIME HASN’T INCREASE, HOMICIDE HAS’ INTERIOR MINISTER
The interior minister Ebrima Mballow has told Kerr Fatu that their records hasn’t shown a rise in crime rates across the country but homicide has increased.
According to newspaper reports of murder, there have been at least 7 killings in…
TAX WAIVE ON RICE IMPORT ‘COST GAMBIA OVER D332M QUARTERLY
The removal of customs duty on imported rice in Gambia done since 2017 is costing the Government over D332 million ($6,809,021) in tax revenue within three months, officials have said.
Rice is the stable food in Gambia and the country could…
ECOMIG FORCES HAVE NOT TAKEN AWAY THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE GAF.
The Public Relations Officer of the ECOWAS military intervention in the Gambia, Commander Michael A. Larpi has stated that their intervention in the Gambia has not taken away the functions and responsibility of the Gambia Armed Forces.
He…
BOY STABBED UNCLE TO DEATH IN BAKAU
One Babucarr Taal known in the ghetto as Ninjerman has stabbed his uncle to death in a Bakau neighbourhood call Painland, police have confirmed.
The deceased Cherno Jammeh, native of Sanchaba, has been reportedly stabbed two times at his…